Le mariage dans les romances historiques du premier XIXe siècle
Closing a novel on a wedding is the formulaic ending of most popular 19th century fictions. Yet, when it comes to Cooper’s and Sedgwick’s historical romances the final union is loaded with a symbolical meaning. As the story opens onto the future, the concluding epithalamium pictures a white, patrio...
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2019
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Closing a novel on a wedding is the formulaic ending of most popular 19th century fictions. Yet, when it comes to Cooper’s and Sedgwick’s historical romances the final union is loaded with a symbolical meaning. As the story opens onto the future, the concluding epithalamium pictures a white, patriotic, common-man America, as heralded in the Jacksonian era. However, the unifying discourse of national concord superimposed on the heroes’ happy end covers up diverging paths: the eulogy of both spinsters and bachelors and the possibility of miscegenation eventually tends to blur the harmony showcased in the epilogue. |
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